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07-17-2023, 09:01 AM
Post: #391
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Very logical Roger, but incorrect.

He is buried within sight of Lincoln's tomb

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07-17-2023, 09:06 AM
Post: #392
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
In regards to Wilma Minor, if Roger is going with Paul Angle, I will go with Oliver Barrett.
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07-17-2023, 09:51 AM
Post: #393
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Steve nailed it. That's Oliver Barrett. He was a lawyer like Lincoln. Also, he and Tarbell were the only people that Sandburg allowed to read the entire manuscript of "Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years" before it was published.

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09-19-2023, 04:50 PM
Post: #394
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
No Googling, please.

In 1948, Carl Sandburg received a letter from a young historian discussing a picture of a particular person associated with Lincoln. In the letter, this historian quoted at length from a letter sent by a third person also associated with Lincoln. The third person wrote the second, "I want your Photograph--I want it at once--There is use in your saying you 'will probably send it to me--'I must have it--I cant do without it and I don't intend to do without it."

To be correct, first, who is the young historian and second, who are the two people involved in the letter?

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09-20-2023, 04:36 AM
Post: #395
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I'll guess David Herbert Donald as the young historian.
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09-20-2023, 07:30 AM
Post: #396
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Bingo Roger! You've got 1/3 of it.

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09-20-2023, 03:51 PM
Post: #397
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Guess I better give a clue.

The person who hadn't provided a photograph said he was afraid that his "Pfiz" would break the camera.

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09-20-2023, 04:56 PM
Post: #398
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Have the people been mentioned on this forum?
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09-20-2023, 06:02 PM
Post: #399
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Yes they have, Roger.

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09-21-2023, 06:25 AM
Post: #400
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Were either of the two letter writers personally associated with Lincoln?

Was their a romantic connection between the second and third letter writers?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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09-21-2023, 12:37 PM
Post: #401
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Quote:Were either of the two letter writers personally associated with Lincoln?

Yes.

Quote:Was their a romantic connection between the second and third letter writers?

No.

Clue: The person from whom the photo was wanted told the letter writer that he had never had a photo taken before.

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09-21-2023, 09:36 PM
Post: #402
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Clue: Think about the aforementioned historian.

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09-21-2023, 10:07 PM
Post: #403
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If the historian is Donald, then one of the two men discussing the photo must be Herndon.
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09-22-2023, 11:03 AM
Post: #404
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That is correct, Steve.

Now, who was the letter writer?

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09-22-2023, 02:11 PM
Post: #405
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Henry Onstott?
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